Petite-Vallée, Quebec
Petite-Vallée is a municipality in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
The municipality was formed in 1957, when it separated from the Township Municipality of Cloridorme. Its name (French for "Little Valley") describes its location in the hollow of a shallow valley and dates back to at least 1754 when it appeared on a map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.[3]
Demographics
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Canada census – Petite-Vallée, Quebec Community Profile
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248 (14.8% from 2001)
39.28 km2 (15.17 sq mi)
6.3 /km2 (16 /sq mi)
50.0 (males: 48.5, females: 51.0)
112
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216 (-3.6% from 1996)
39.28 km2 (15.17 sq mi)
5.5 /km2 (14 /sq mi)
44.3 (males: 43.2, females: 44.8)
96
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Mother tongue:[2]
- English as first language: 0 %
- French as first language: 100 %
- English and French as first language: 0 %
- Other as first language: 0 %
Population trend:[6]
- Population in 2006: 248
- Population in 2001: 216
- Population in 1996: 224
- Population in 1991: 226
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